Packing case or box for motor-cars.



E. WEINAGHT.

PACKING CASE 0R BOX FOR MOTOR CARS.

. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 28, 1908. 4 9 1 9 ,798. Patented Apr. 27, 1909.

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No. 919,798. I V Specification oflietters Patent. Patented April 27,1909.

' Application filed February 28, 1908. Serial No. 418,406. v

To all whom it may concern: i timbers 3, 3, with the flooring 4 securedBe it known that I, EDWARD WEINAGHT, a thereto by screws or in anpreferred manner. citizen of the United States, and resident of Upon theflooring or the rigid base there Elizabeth, county of Union, and Stateof for and at each end thereof at the proper New Jersey, have made a newand useful 111- s aced distances to accommodate machines vention inPacking Cases or Boxes for Motordifferent relative wheel bases aresecured Cars, of which the following is a specification. four strongstandards 5, 5, having longitudi My invention is directedparticularly'to innal end extensions or feet, 6, 6, provided withclosing cases designed for use in the packing slots 7, 7, thearrangement being such that and shipment of motor vehicles,- and it has.they may be adjustably secured directly to 65 for its object, to devisesuch a casing as will and through the flooring and the longitudinalpossess great strength and permit of the shiptimbers'l, 1 by detachablebolts 8, 8. The ment of such vehicles from point .to point upper ends ofthese standards are notched or without danger of damage thereto, or, tothe grooved, as shown at 9, 9, in such manner as pneumatic or e uivalentflexible tires with to adapt them-to receive the outer ends of 7 whichsuch vehic es are'usually rovided, and I the hubs of a carv 18, and eachis provided will be fully understood by re erring to the with a strongmetal strap 10 adapted to be accompanying drawings, in which, 7 securedto the standard by bolts or screws- F'gure 1-is a longitudinalsectional, view after the hubs are in place, each hub being takenthrough my improved packing casing surrounded with one or more yieldingcush- 75 on the broken line XX, Fig. 2, and as seen ions 11, 11,preferably of rubber, and the ar looking thereat from left to right inthe direcrangement such that when the car is secured tion of the arrows,a motor car being's'hown in place in the manner shown the tires of alltherein in side elevational view. 'Fig. 2 is an four of the wheels ofthe car are out of conend elevational view as seen looking at Fig. 1tact with the flooring 4. After the car is go fromright to left with oneof the ends of the thus secured. one or more adjustable braces ipackingcasing removed. composed of two parts 12 and 13 fastened v Inth-eshipment of motor cars from point together at their adjacent ends by aturn to point, it is important that the same be buckle 1'6 and havingstepped ends, as shown rigidly secured in a casing or on a base in at14, 15, are secured-against the'i'nner vand, such manner as to removeall possibility of up'er faces of the transverse timbers 3, 3, strainupon the wheels thereof, and to avoid and the front and rear axles 199ithe car, the any damage whatever to the same either by turn bucklesbeing rotated sufficiently to r g: reason of persons maliciously marringthe idly-'lock the car in position, as shown, w th 35 body thereof or bycareless handling on the the tires 20 of the wheels out of contact withpart of the shippers, articularly-whcre such the floor, all of saidparts thus. constitut ng cars are transported fi'om one country to an:means for rigidly securing the car against other on board yessels, thehandlin of such movement upon the floor ase. inclosed cars beingoften'necessitate tlirou h 21, 21 are'vertical-timbers and 22, 22, two46 the agency of cranes onthe vesselsor on the longitudinal timberssecured theret oby- "docks. It'is also important in the transmisscrews,as shown, said parts r gidly sion'of vehicles of this type which areusually braced in the manner shown Fig,- 1 and provided with pneumatictires that the enconstituting an individual frame to wh ch tire-weightthereof be sustained by other the tongueand grooved planks of the siding45 means than the wheels and the tires them- 23 are secured. 2 24, 24,24, r pr s selves, and in the application of such means cross timbers towhichthe top 25 is rigidly is found one of the essential'features of mysecured and the two sides and tops are se-. invention. I cured togetherby screws and to the longi- For a full and clear understandin of mytudinal timbers 1, 1-, H1 the manner shown.

50 invention such as ,will enable others s illed in 26, 26 representvertical timbers to which the art to construct and use the same, ref theend's27, 27 of the casing are secured,'a11

' erence is now had tothe drawingsin de tail in? of these partsconstituting respectively the which a rilgidv supporting base entireis'j"illus-' sides top and ends secured together and to g trated as eingconstructed of stro'nglongizthe flooring preferably by screws, as shown,55 'tudinal timbers 1, 1,2, 2, and transverseend although the ends may,if preferred, be 11 preferred, the sidesand to hi ed in each instance toone of the vertical tim ers 21 so as to constitute doors and be rovidedat their edges with necessary padocks for securing the same in suchmanner 5 as to be accessible only to authorized persons.

I do not limit my invention to the especial ,details of constructionshown in the drawingsaas I believe it is broadly new with me to providea motor car packing casin or box in which the car is'rigidly detachab ysecured upon a rigid base through the agency of standards which supportthe same directly by its hubs and with the-inflated tires out of 4contact with the flooring or base, and to combine therewith detachablesides, top and ends constituting the inclosing-casing; or,if mayconstitute a rigid part of the base an the ends may be detachableor-hinged thereto as hereinbeforc.

"stated. I believe it is also new with meto combine with such a.structural device 'adjfust'able end braces between the'base or floordthe axles of the car, the same acting in such manner as to rigidlysecureit to the 2 'fioor or base at a number of points, substantially as shownin the drawings.

It is obvious that for the shipment of mo tor cars on board railwayc'ars the inclosing casing, embracing the top, sides and ends,

may be done away with and the entire car covered with a tarpaulin in theordinary way, the rigid base, supporting standards and bracesconstituting t e means by which safe transportation 18 efl'ected, and,my

'35 claims include all such uses without relation to the describedinclosing casing. I also con template locating the four standards 5, 5,upon the base in such manner that their upper ends 'may sustain the carby the outer 40 ends of the axles, and I regard my invention as 'beingofsuch scope as to include all such obvious means of support.

I am aware that a packing boxhas heretofore been devised fortransporting carriages or light vehicles and of such a nature that theaxles thereof are s u ported by four laterally adjustable standar ssecured to the bottom ofthe box, while the wheels are removed andsecuredto the inner'walls of said box, and I make no claim hereinafterto include such a structural device, my invention being particularlydirected to a novel packing casing or box of great strength for.conveyin heavy motor vehicles having flexible or -mflated- 5 5 tires,andin such manner that it is not necessary. to remove the Wheels fromthe vehicles when the same are'inclosed within the casing readyiortransportation.

I Witnesses:

- Having thusdescribed my invention what I claim and desire to seciireby Letters.

Patent of the United States 1s 1. Means for transporting a motor carembracinga rigid base and four standards semeans for securely bindingthehubs to the upper ends of the standards, substantially as described.

3. Means for transporting a motor car em bracing a rigid base .and aflooring secured thereon; in combination with four standards adjustablysecured to said (flooring and base, the upper ends of said standardsbeing rovided with notches or grooves adapte to receive the hubs ofthecar; together with yielding means surrounding the hubs, andv additionalmeans for securing the yielding means and the hubs in position,substantially as described. 4. Means for transporting a motor carembracing a rigidbase and standards secured thereto adapted tosugportthe car by the hubs thereon; in com lnation with adjustable bracesadapted to brace the car endwise,

between the axles and the base; together with detachable means adaptedtosecure the hubs in position in the upper ends of the standards,substantially as described.

5. Means for transporting a motor car embracing a rigid base andstandards secured thereto adapted to su ort the ear b the hubs thereon;in com ination with a just-' able braces adapted to brace the carendwise between the axles and the base; together with detachable meansadapted to secure the hubs in position in the upper endsof the standardsand an inclosing casing detachably secured to the base, substantlally asdescribed.

\ In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDWARD WEINACHT.

v O. J. KINTNER,

. M. F Knx'rme.

